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Elizabeth Neilson and Farquhar her Husband v. Donald
Date: 22 February 1750 Case No. No 300.
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The Dean of Guild has no more jurisdiction than other inferior judges, to judge in a competition of heritable rights, but only in possessory questions; and even in these, where the possession has been very long, declarator of property is the only competent process.